2005 SAAB 9-3 Owners Manual

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SAAB 9-3 2005  Owners Manual 159 Starting and driving
Automatic transmissionThe automatic transmission has an elec-
tronic control module. The control module 
receives information including accelerator 
position and road speed. U

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SAAB 9-3 2005  Owners Manual 160 Starting and drivingPark Brake Shift LockThe transmission has a security function 
known as Park Brake Shift Lock. To move 
the gear selector lever out of the P or N posi-
tion, the gear selector

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Lock-upThe transmission’s torque converter has a 
lock-up function. This can lock the torque 
converter, thus reducing the engine speed 
and fuel consumption.Kick-downWhen t

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SAAB 9-3 2005  Owners Manual 162 Starting and drivingLimp-homeIf the transmission malfunctions, the control 
module will activate limp-home mode. Driv-
ability will be affected to varying degrees.
The following message is shown o

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SAAB 9-3 2005  Owners Manual 163 Starting and driving
Selector lever positions
P
The selector lever is locked and the transmission 
is mechanically blocked.
The engine can be started.
To move the selector lever out of the P posit

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Certain variants also have steering wheel controls for manual gear 
selection. On these models, it is possible to change gear manually 
using the selector lever and the steeri

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Cruise control(Cruise control system)
For safety reasons (brake system func-
tion), the brakes must be applied once 
when the engine has started, before the 
cruise control sy

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SAAB 9-3 2005  Owners Manual 166 Starting and drivingTo reduce the preset speedYou can reduce speed in any of the follow-
ing ways:
 Brake to the desired speed. Jog the 
control to SET/+ or SET/–.
 Jog the control to SET/–